The Award program was conducted over three days with
recipients and their families participating in special programs and
activities in addition to the award ceremony and wreath laying at
Arlington National Cemetery. All of the recipients were honored at a
breakfast sponsored by the Association of the United States Army, a
luncheon featuring the Director of the Army Staff and evening receptions
for the Army National Guard and Army Reserve officers.
During the award ceremony, General Schoomaker
remarked that these officers "represent the best our Army and our nation
have to offer." He went on to say that "they are the men and women at
the core of the leadership closest to our Soldiers." In his remarks, Dr.
Diedrich emphasized that personal character and prudent leadership are
inseparable and "our lives and the choices we make are expressions of
our personal ethos."
Following the award ceremony at the Pentagon the
officers traveled to Arlington National Cemetery to place a wreath at
the Tomb of the Unknowns. This ceremony took on an even more solemn
occasion this year as the words of General MacArthur read by Dr.
Diedrich during the awards ceremony were fresh in everyone’s memory.
These words by General MacArthur were written to a friend the day before
the November 11, 1921, dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
from World War I. General MacArthur wrote, "When you read these lines
you will be about to bury our soldier. My reverence goes to him. He has
written his own history in letters of red on his enemy’s breast—but when
I think of his patience under adversity, his fortitude under pain, his
courage under fire, and his modesty in victory, I am shaken with an
emotion I cannot express. May God be with him."
CPT Nicholas E. Ayers, FORSCOM, 1st
Bn., 34th Armor
CPT Hunter L. Belcher, Tennessee ANG, 269th
Military Police Company
CPT Julia Bell, Military Surface Deployment and
Distribution Command
CPT Jason P. Benson, Minnesota ANG, 2d Bn., 136th
Infantry
CPT John S. Cecil, USAR, 81st
Transportation Detachment
CPT Robert H. Clapper II, USAR, 108th
Division
CPT Jeffrey D. Cole, Kentucky ANG, 1st
Bn.,149th Infantry
CPT Clinton W. Cox, TRADOC, 1st
Bn., 29th Infantry
WO2 Frank O. Davis, USAR, 660th
Transportation Company
CPT Justin H. Davis, Vermont ANG, Army Mountain
Warfare School
CPT Joel L. Dillon, FORSCOM, 1st
Bn., 12th Infantry
CPT Thomas L. Enright, Jr., USAR, 1190th
Deployment Support Brigade
CPT Joseph M. Ewers, USAEUROPE, 1st
Bn., 6th Infantry
CPT Anthony R. Gibbs, USAPACIFIC, TF 1, 501st
Airborne
CPT John M. Grantz, FORSCOM, 1st
Bn., 502d Infantry
CPT Allen R. Horner, USAR, 439th
Engineer Battalion
WO2 Pamela M. Howell, Minnesota ANG, Recruiting and
Retention Command
CPT Joshua C. Kennedy, USASOC, 3d Bn., 10th
Special Forces Group
WO2 James J. Korenoski, USASOC, 1st
Bn., 5th Special Forces Group
1LT Tamara O. Montgomery, USAR, 358th
Civil Affairs Brigade
CPT John C. Moore, USAEUROPE, 2d Bn., 37th
Armor
CPT Brent A. Orr, North Carolina ANG, 1st
Bn., 130th Aviation
CPT Ralph W. Overland, FORSCOM, 2d Bn., 8th
Infantry
CPT Michael A. Pribish, USAR, 458th
Engineer Battalion
CPT Andrew J. Short, FORSCOM, 41st
Engineer Battalion
CPT Angie L. Tofflemeyer, Colorado ANG, SPACE
Support Battalion
CPT Tyson T. Voelkel, FORSCOM, 3d Bn., 325th
Airborne
